Children's Work: Year 5
NO TIME
by Scott
We have no time in this life;
A poor life passtime.
Streams like Beauty's glance,
Where squirrels dance.
No time to see stars, hide their look.
"Brilliant Scott, well done!" said Mrs Grotier.
NO TIME
by Molly
No time to see in night;
Where stars pass.
Streams in daylight;
Stare and glance,
When squirrels dance.
"I love this poem, Molly! Clever girl."
BUTTERFLY CYCLE
by Alison
Butterfly lays an egg on a leaf,
and then that butterfly flys away.
The egg hatches a caterpillar;
it comes out slowly, yellowy-brown.
The caterpillar eats the egg-shell.
It eats up leaves and pretty flowers;
the caterpillar grows so fat,
splits its skin, there's new skin underneath;
attaches itself to leaf or stem.
Grows a pupa and chrysalis.
After awhile it comes out pretty;
caterpillar you're a butterfly!
Flap your wings butterfly, fly fly, fly!
Fly and get some nectar, fly, fly, fly!
Fly back to the leaf you were born on;
lay an egg for a caterpillar,
fly away butterfly, fly, fly, fly!
"This is a lovely piece of poetry, Alison!" said Mrs Grotier.
HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED?
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to sit on a star, to walk on the moon or to fly past the sun?
I have: and every night I crawl out of bed, open the window and, as the cool breeze sooths my body, white feathered wings come out of my shoulder blades. I relax as they stretch out to full span. Now the time is right and a strong gust of wind lifts me up, up and away! Now I can enjoy the view. I am carried by the wind on a different journey every time.
This journey takes me past fields and woods. On the way, I pass a farm. A small cow stares up and I wonder what that cow is thinking.
"What is that boy doing up there? How did he get up there? Why is he up there?" Nobody knows!
I am over the white cliffs of Dover and I can see a ship in distress. I swoop down and grab the loose rope. I tie the rope in place and wave at the crew.
Time to go back to my bed.....
by Lewis
"Wow, this wonderful Lewis! Superstar!!!" said Mrs Grotier.
THE DAY I CHANGED HISTORY
'Do Not Come Beyond This Point!'
That's what the notice in front of the portrait said. Surely that doesn't apply to a fly thought I. Perhaps I should have obeyed it. The picture had been of Henry VIII and his courtiers at a royal banquet. As I flew steadily towards it I suddenly felt a whizzing and whooshing around me and then, I was there! I was inside the painting!
I stood there for a while looking at and listening to all the important guests. But then, everything was silent.
Suddenly, the high king (who was of course sitting at the head of the table) cleared his throat and raised his glass. "I would like to give a toast for the forth-coming execution of Anne Boleyn which will take place at noon tomorrow."
Everyone cheered.
That night I darted around into different rooms and had a nose-about. Soon the darkness slowly faded and the sun rose powerfully above the clouds. For the first few hours of the day I kept on adventuring around the large palace and only just escaped some bashings in the stone-cold kitchen! Then, I heard a mighty bell cry out and followed the sound through a lot of big rooms and out into the large courtyard. As I looked around, I saw the strangest thing. A lady was bending her head over a wooden block and a strange looking man stood behind her with a sharp looking axe. I knew I had to do something.
As the strange man was bringing his axe down, I flew over and buzzed about in his left ear. He dropped his axe by the side of the block, just missing the lady. She screamed and the crowd around us gasped.
What had I done? I had changed the course of History!
by Emma
"Wow! What an imagination - you superstar!" said Mrs Grotier, "I loved this."
IF I COULD FLY
When the moon and stars are out, and everyone is fast asleep, I grow butterfly wings so I can fly. As I fly above the houses the owls are tweeting. I hear and feel something calling: "Please can you help?" My wings take me to a children's hospital where I can see all the children sleeping. Some have bandages or medicine by their beds. As I flutter my wings above them magic dust falls over them. The children blink and sit up. I know my magic has worked and fly away.
As I fly into the woods I see a fox caught in a trap. I fly above the fox then quietly say, "Don't worry. I'm here to help you." The fox lifts his head to look at me as I gently lift the trap off his paw and fly above him. Slowly, he gets up.
I'm feeling tired and I have nearly used up my magic. So, I fly home and lay on my head on the pillow. When I wake up I feel happy that the children are better.
by Amy
"What a beautiful story," Mrs Grotier said!
HOMEWORK - TRANSFORMERS
by Kyle
I chose the Transformers movie because it is a huge amount of fun and it is lively!
Kyle then put in illustrations of his favourite character: Bumblebee.
Bumblebee is cool, fast, clever, a good car and excellent at fighting. Transformers is full of fun and action packed!
If you want to know more, then ask Kyle for the rest of his review!
HOMEWORK - TRAFFIC ISSUES IN ELMSTEAD
WHAT MY MUM THINKS
by Charlotte
The situation around the school area, when dropping off children and picking children up from school, should be reviewed, possibly by the parish council. We certainly, and other parents, feel that the small car park that doesn't belong to the school, should belong to the school.
We think it should be every school policy to have a car park for parents to drop and pick up their children, in this case Elmstead Primary School parents use the small car park that only holds about 10 to 15 cars. There is a massive grass area owned by the council, near the car park which only seems to be used for dogs, so some of it should be made for parking, thus extending the so-called car park. We feel that there soon will be an accident if nothing is sorted out.
WHAT MY FAMILY THINKS
by William
My grandad lives in Laurence Close. The problem he complains about is trying to get out of his road because of the speed of incoming cars from Colchester. They should be doing 30 mph, but he thinks some of them are doing 60 mph when they come past this road!
When I asked my dad for his problem he said he was worried about the speed of cars leaving the school after dropping children at school and showing poor manners to other road users. My mum's main concern is the number of parents' cars which are parked on both sides of the road on school days. She says it makes it difficult to drive safely between them and for people to cross the road.
My traffic concern is trying to cross at Bromley Road traffic lights. There never seems to be enough time to cross when the light change colour. This is bad for children and old people. There is a church on Bromley Road and lots of new houses being built in this bit of the village. Maybe they could change the time the lights stay on red, or put in a pedestrian crossing.
HOMEWORK - MEANINGS
by Daniel
A stitch in time says nine = Don't put off doing something as then you might have more to do!
A watched pot never boils = Don't wait for something to happen. Do something else and then time will go quicker.
Don't count your chickens before they have hatched = Don't think something is sorted until you are sure, as you never know what may happen.
PLAY SCRIPT
Year 5 are currently putting together their own sketches and will perform in assembly next week. To see what we have written, watch this space!........
FAST POEMS: INSPIRED BY 'THE RAINSTICK.'
Rain,
Beautiful, graceful
Lightly, gently, smoothly
Running, falling, dripping, raining.
by Emma
Rain
Loud, clearLightly, beautifully, gracefully
Dripping, trickling, running, spreading.
by Isabel
Rain
Peaceful, clear
Beautifully, gracefully, quickly
Running, trickling, spreading, dripping.
by Megan
Rain
Loud, clear
Quickly, loudly, heavily
Rushing, running, slowing, raining.
by Cameron
Rain
Wet, cold
Lovely, drizzly, lightly
Falling, trickling, flowing, dripping.
by Alison
Rain
Frantic, swift
Happily, dangly, heavily
Dripping, clipping, hanging, banging.
by Lewis
Rain
Beautiful, wet
Swiftly, heavily, quickly
Falling, dripping, soaking, wetting.
by Jake